Style guides on dative alternation
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Is there any style guide on how to use dative alternation in writing? It looks to me that dative construction is rarely mentioned (if ever).
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Is there any style guide on how to use dative alternation in writing? It looks to me that dative construction is rarely mentioned (if ever).
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English does not have a dative case, so your question is meaningless.
– BillJ
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Pardon me if I worded my question ambiguous. I am asking why some people write "I send him a letter" instead of "I send a letter to him".
– Anh Tran
yesterday
Possibly because it's easier and quicker to say "him" than it is to say "to him". But please note that although "him" and "to him" are both complements of "send", only the former is an indirect object. English has lost its earlier dative case, which characteristically marked the indirect object, so the terms 'dative construction' and 'dative alternation' are defunct, which is why I originally used the word "meaningless".
– BillJ
yesterday
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Is there any style guide on how to use dative alternation in writing? It looks to me that dative construction is rarely mentioned (if ever).
writing-style syntax indirect-objects
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Is there any style guide on how to use dative alternation in writing? It looks to me that dative construction is rarely mentioned (if ever).
writing-style syntax indirect-objects
writing-style syntax indirect-objects
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English does not have a dative case, so your question is meaningless.
– BillJ
yesterday
Pardon me if I worded my question ambiguous. I am asking why some people write "I send him a letter" instead of "I send a letter to him".
– Anh Tran
yesterday
Possibly because it's easier and quicker to say "him" than it is to say "to him". But please note that although "him" and "to him" are both complements of "send", only the former is an indirect object. English has lost its earlier dative case, which characteristically marked the indirect object, so the terms 'dative construction' and 'dative alternation' are defunct, which is why I originally used the word "meaningless".
– BillJ
yesterday
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English does not have a dative case, so your question is meaningless.
– BillJ
yesterday
Pardon me if I worded my question ambiguous. I am asking why some people write "I send him a letter" instead of "I send a letter to him".
– Anh Tran
yesterday
Possibly because it's easier and quicker to say "him" than it is to say "to him". But please note that although "him" and "to him" are both complements of "send", only the former is an indirect object. English has lost its earlier dative case, which characteristically marked the indirect object, so the terms 'dative construction' and 'dative alternation' are defunct, which is why I originally used the word "meaningless".
– BillJ
yesterday
English does not have a dative case, so your question is meaningless.
– BillJ
yesterday
English does not have a dative case, so your question is meaningless.
– BillJ
yesterday
Pardon me if I worded my question ambiguous. I am asking why some people write "I send him a letter" instead of "I send a letter to him".
– Anh Tran
yesterday
Pardon me if I worded my question ambiguous. I am asking why some people write "I send him a letter" instead of "I send a letter to him".
– Anh Tran
yesterday
Possibly because it's easier and quicker to say "him" than it is to say "to him". But please note that although "him" and "to him" are both complements of "send", only the former is an indirect object. English has lost its earlier dative case, which characteristically marked the indirect object, so the terms 'dative construction' and 'dative alternation' are defunct, which is why I originally used the word "meaningless".
– BillJ
yesterday
Possibly because it's easier and quicker to say "him" than it is to say "to him". But please note that although "him" and "to him" are both complements of "send", only the former is an indirect object. English has lost its earlier dative case, which characteristically marked the indirect object, so the terms 'dative construction' and 'dative alternation' are defunct, which is why I originally used the word "meaningless".
– BillJ
yesterday
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English does not have a dative case, so your question is meaningless.
– BillJ
yesterday
Pardon me if I worded my question ambiguous. I am asking why some people write "I send him a letter" instead of "I send a letter to him".
– Anh Tran
yesterday
Possibly because it's easier and quicker to say "him" than it is to say "to him". But please note that although "him" and "to him" are both complements of "send", only the former is an indirect object. English has lost its earlier dative case, which characteristically marked the indirect object, so the terms 'dative construction' and 'dative alternation' are defunct, which is why I originally used the word "meaningless".
– BillJ
yesterday